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waited N gisten @at-ritt dtjftw.

v1I.,RlilISIIllR, OF WASHINGTON, IOWA.

. IMPRO'EMENT IN HAY-RAKERS 'I JGADERS.

' '.lPhe Schedule referredI to in these Letters Patent and making partof the same.

To` all 'whom ttl'onay concern-.-

Be it known that 1,GEoRGE,H.1n-nsmz,f0f Washington, in the State ofIowa, have invented. a certain new and useful Improvement onvHay-Loaders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthesame, reference being :had to the accompanying drawings and to theletters and mark'sthcreon, which i .said drawings form part of thisspecification, and represent a haylloader constructed under myinvention- Figure l thereof being a' side view of such loader, and

Figui-e2, a top view of the saine.

The same marks and letters on'both of the gures refer to like parts. I

This invention relates to that classof farming-machines, the functionsof which have reference to the raking Aor gathering up of the hay fromthe ground and elevating and delivering it to thewagon or to such placeas may be desired.

Theside 'plates a of' this loader will be made of wood or other suitablematerial, and sustained ini the proper positionor inclination byvertical bars or supports b to the cross-bar c, of which aguiding-truck,

d, is attached. 1

At the upper end of the plates a is a frictionroller, e, having itsbearingsjf in the plates,and at the lower end of the plates is acylinder, g, also having bea-rings h in the plates.

To the bearings h the driving-wheels i are aiixed.

An endless apron or platform, j, passes around vthe cylinder gandfrictionlroller e.

To this'endless apron the teeth k, properly secured to'slats l, areattached. l v

The teeth mf, for gathering the hay, are aiixed tc ,the bar n.

Other teeth, o,for guiding the hay, are also affixed to the bar n.

V Both of these sets of teeth are curved, and so bent toward the bar asto give .them some elasticity or spring, by which. they act moreefiiciently and safely on the hay. l

. The bar n is-connected to the side bars p, which, hy slots qandthumb-screwsr, are attached tothe plates a and the bars p are-'alsoattached to inclined barsv s, the hars Salso being connected to the sideplates t by slots t and thumb-screws u. 4 i

The connect-ion between the bars p and s is a rulejoint connection,allowing of the movement ofthe end of the one bar on the other.

l This manner of y connecting the bars p ands'to` the plates and to eachother allows of' the adjustment of the teeth m and the adapting of themto the quantityv of hay to be elevated, the adjustment permitting of theelevating or lowering ofthe teeth as well isrnove ing them backward. orforward.

`In this adjustment of the teeth m, the teeth aare fraised or lowered,so that, by the one movement for adjusting, the both acted on.

From this description the constructionof lthis gathering and the'guiding-teeth are.

loader, it will readily be seen that when it is attached i to thewagon,as the wagon is drawn forward, the hay will be gathered up andelevated on the endless apron and delivered into the wagon.

What I claim as my invention, and desirel to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A,The arrangement of the arms p and s, barn, with the teeth, in relationto each other and Vto the plates a, whereby the gathering and`guiding-teeth may both be adjusted, substantially as and for vthepurposes herein recited.

`This specification signed this 9th day of June, 1869.

. GEO. H. REISTER.

XVitnesfses: l

N. vEvnnson, E. WALswoR'rn.

